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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY Y. ARMSTRONG, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

CARAMEL CUTTING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFIC I N forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,737, dated January28, 1902 Application filed May 31, 1901. serial No. 62,586- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY Y. ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Caramel CuttingandWrapping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to that class of machines which are used for thepurpose of receiving or taking candy-caramel strips or substances ofsimilar plasticity, cutting them into blocksor cubes of the desired sizeand shape, and wrapping or folding paper aroundahem to prepare them forshipment.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple,economical, and efficient machine for cutting a strip of candy-caramelor similar plastic substances in desired cubes and wrapping paper aroundthem'to form packages for shipment; and the invention consists in thefeatures, combinations, and details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machineconstructed in accordance with these improvements;Fig. 2, a plan view ofthe same looking at it from above; Fig. 2, a plan view of the gear-andratchet mechanism for operating the candyfeeding mechanism; Fig. 3, arear elevation of the machine; Fig. 4, a side elevation looking from theright-hand side ofFig. 1; Fig. 5, a vertical sectional elevation takenon line 5 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 6, anenlarged vertical sectional elevation taken-on line 6 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7,an enlarged vertical sectional elevation of a portion of the machine,taken on line 7 of Figs. 1 and 3 looking in the direction of the arrow;Fig. 7 a perspective view of one of the feed rolls and its detachablerelation with the op-.

crating-shaft, a part of which is also shown in perspective view; Fig.8, an enlarged elevation of a portion of the machine, showing thecutting and adjacent mechanisms, taken on line 8 of Figs. 2, 5, 6, and 9looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 9, an enlarged plansectional view taken on lines 9 of Figs. land 3 looking in the directionof the arrows; Fig. 10, an enlarged plan sectional view of a portion ofthemachine, taken on lines 10 of Figs. 5 and 7 looking in the directionof the arrows; Fig. 11, a similar view of a portion of the mechanism,taken on lines not Figs. 5

and7; Fig. 12, an enlarged sectional elevation caramel as pressed intoengagement with the paper strip and into one of the holderpockets on therotatable head; Fig. 18, an enlarged sectional detail of a portion ofthe mechanism shown in Figs. 16 and 17 and with the rotatable head movedforward one.

step in its rotation and the paper-cutting mechanism in position to cutthe paper; Fig. 19, a detail of the mechanism shown in Fig. 18, showingthe package as it appears after the paper has been cut and the firstfolding performed; Fig. 20, a similar view to that shown in Fig. 18,showing the mechanism performingthe second folding orwrapping of thepaper; Fig. 21, a'detail of the mechanism shown in Fig. 20 with therotatable head moved forward a second step in itsrotation so as to bringthe candy cube with its sheet of paper in position to be folded for thethird time; Fig. 22, a sectional detail of the pivotal fingersforperforming the fourth fold of the paper, taken on line 22 of Fig. 12;Fig 23, a view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 22 just as the fourth foldof the paper is finished in full lines and showing in dotted outline thesame fingers in position to pass by the paper; Fig. 24, an enlargeddetail of a portion of the mechanism shown near the right-hand side andabout the'center of Fig. 7 with the mechanism in position to perform thefifth fold of the paper; Fig. 25, a sectional detail of the mechanismfor performing the sixth fold of the paper, taken online 25 of Fig. 24.;Fig. 26, an enlarged sectional detail of a portion of the-mechanism thatperforms the seventh and final fold of the package, taken about on line26 of Fig. 11; Fig. 27, a perspective view of the completed package; andFig. 28, a sectional view of the paper-clamping mechanism, taken on line28 of Fig. 16.

In constructing a machine in accordance with these improvements a frameportion is provided comprising a bed ct, having upright pillars orstandards b secured thereto and joined together at or near their topportion by an angle-plate c, the bed being supported upon legs (1, allof the desired size, shape, and strength to hold the operative and otherparts in position.

It will be understood that in this class of machines it is desirable toform the candy or substances of substantially the same nature intostrips of the desired length and thickness, so that it can be readilyfed into the machine fer the purpose of being cut into cubes and wr; wedin paper to form the desiredsized packages. To feed the candy into themachine a pair of indented feed-wheels e is provide and mounted upon thehorizontal portion of the angle-plate adjacent to the forward edgethereof, as shown particularly in Figs. 2, 9, and 10, so that theyrotate in a horizontal plane and provide a space between them,as shownparticularly in Fig. 10,through which the strip of candy may be passedinto engagement with the operative mechanisms hereinafter described. Todrive these rolls, a pair of shaftsfis provided of a diameter, as shownparticularly in Fig. 7, adapted to enter the bore in the hub of thefeedingwheels, and are slotted, as shown atg, so that they maydetachably engage a transverse pin 72 and give the wheels the properrotation, at the same time permitting an easy disengagement of theparts. To rotate these feedshafts, a pair of intermeshing gears t isprovided (see Figs. 1 and 8) and secured to the shafts at or near theupper end thereof, so that the rotation imparted to either one of thesegears is likewise imparted to the other. It will be understood that itis necessary only to impart a motion primarily to one of these gears. Inorder to accomplish this, one of such gears, preferably the one to theleft, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, is provided with a ratchet-wheel j,which is secured thereto. Pivotally mounted upon a vibratable lever 713is a pawl Z, arranged to engage the ratchetwheel, so that as thepawl-lever is operated in one direction it moves its pawl to engage androtate the ratchet-wheel in the same direction, and as it is vibrated inthe opposite direction it permits the pawl to slide over the teeth ofthe ratchet-wheel. A tension-spring m is provided, one end of which issecured to the ratchet-wheel and the other arranged to engage withflattened surfaces upon the pivotpin 7L of the pawl and yieldingly holdsuch pawl either in or out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel, asshown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3. The upper end of this pawl pivotpinis provided with a knurled handle o,which and 10.

the operator can grasp between the thumb and finger for the purpose ofthrowing the pawl into or out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel, andthereby provide for the stopping or starting of the candy feeding,

which may be very desirable at times.

To provide for the movement and operation of the vibratablepawl-1ever,ratchet,and other parts above described, a main shaft 19 isprovided and rotatably mounted in suitable brackets secured to thevertical portion of the an gle-plate, as shown particularly in Figs. 2and 9. Vibratingly mounted on this angle-plate upon a stud q is anintermediate lever 7", the upper end of which is connected to thepawl-lever by means of a connectinglink 8, which has a knuckle-joint inengagement with both of the levers, as generally shown, particularly inFig. 8. The lower portion of this intermediate vibratable lever r isprovided with a pair of rolls t, straddlinga plate-cam u, as shownparticularly in Figs. 5 and 9, which plate-cam is rigidly secured to themain driving-shaft, so that as such shaft rotates the intermediatevibratable lever is vibrated, which transfers the vibrating motion tothe vibratable pawl-lever and through it to the other parts. Thehorizontal portion of the angle-plate is also provided with a pair ofguides 12, (shown particularly in Figs. 9 and 10,) between which thecandy strip is fed into the feed-wheels. The insertion of the candystrip is limited by a stop to, (shown particularly in Figs. 16 and 17,)which is secured to a pair of brackets to, in turn secured to andprojecting out from underneath the angle-plate, as shown particularly inFigs. 5 It is now desirable to cut the candy into the desired cubes, andfor this purpose a cutting-blade y is provided and detachably secured toa cutter-bar ,2, which in turn is movably secured to the verticalportion of the angle-plate by means of a pair of links 30, so as toimpart what might be termed a parallel motion to the bar and itscutterblade-that is, a downward motion to the right to cut the candy,much as an ordinary knife is used, and then an upward motion to the leftto release the candy. In order to give this motion to the cutter-bar atthe desired time or times, a grooved cam 31 is provided and secured tothe main driving-shaft, as shown particularly in Figs. 1 and 9, thegroove of which engages with a roll 32, projecting out from and securedto the left-hand end of the cutter-bar, as shown particularly in Fig. 9.shaft is rotated to the left or in the direction indicated by the arrowin Fig. 4 this cutterbar is given the motion above described at theproper times to cut the candy.

After the strip of candy has been cut at one end into the desired-sizecube 33 it becomes necessary to provide holding means for advancing apiece of paper of the right size into a position adjacent to andunderneath the cube of candy and between it and one of the It will beseen that as the main holders, so that the candy and paper may be forcedat one and the same operation into the holder to permit of the paperbeing folded around the candy cube, as hereinafter more fully described.

Describing first the holding mechanism, a rotatable head 34 is providedand mounted on a rotatable supporting-shaft 35, rotatably mounted insuitable bearings in the standards of the machine, as shown particularlyin Figs. 3 and 6, and parallel with the main driving-shaft. This.rotatable shaft is arranged to rotate in a vertical plane and directlyin the pathin which the candy strip travels and is provided with aplurality of holding-pockets 36, each of which is in turn arranged to bebrought into position directly under a cut cube of candy, as shownparticularlyin Figs. 16 and 17. One of the side walls of these pocketsis made yielding and formed of a spring 37, which permits of the cube ofcandy, with its attached piece of paper, being yieldingly held in thedesired engagement, thus providing for slight differences in size of thecandy and for the easy insertion and ejection of the packages.

Describing the means for bringing the strip of paper adjacent to andunderneath the cube of candy, (see Figs. 12, 16, and 17,) a roll ofpaper 38 is provided and mounted in a suitable wheel 138, as shownparticularly in Fig. 4. One end of the strip of paper is passed up andover a paper-guide 39 and directly underneath the cube of candy, asshown in Fig. 16. A bell-crank lever 40 is provided, upon which ismounted a pinching-finger 41, adjacent to the upper part of thepaper-guide, so that in one position it grasps the piece of paper andprevents the backward movement or withdrawal thereof and in another position of its vibration it raises the pinchingfinger, as shownparticularly in, Fig. 17, and permits the piece of paper to be fedforward, when the candy is forced into engagement with one of thepockets or the head rotated.

To provide for the necessary feeding forward of the paper, as shown inFigs. 16 and 17, a feed-lever 42 is provided and vibratingly mountedupon the supporting-shaft 35, as shown in Fig. 5, one end of whichcarries what is termed a pinching-lever 43, provided with two grippingor pinching rolls 44 and 45, arranged to grasp a depending arm 46 on thebell-crank between them. One of these gripping-rolls 44 is slidinglymounted on a block 47, the sliding block being held under tension bymeans of a helical spring 48, so that when the feeding-lever-is at itslowest position, as shown in Fig. 16, it pulls the depending arm of thebell-crank downwardly, and when the downward limit of movement of sucharm is reached the rolls permit the paper-feeding lever to continue thebalance of its necessary movements. As soon as the feed-lever starts togo up again the grippingrolls raise the depending arm, and therebyrotate the bell-crank, releasing the pinchingfinger 41 from its contact"with the paper. The opposite sidesof the feeding-lever 42 (see Fig. 28)is provided with a projecting arm 49, in which a pinching-finger 50 isvibratingly mounted, the finger being secured to the rockshaft 51, whichsupports the pinching-lever, so that as such pinching-lever movesdownwardly, as shown in Fig.12, this pinchingfinger is released, so asnot to draw the strip of paper 38 downwardly against the pinching actionof the finger 41; but when the feedinglever is moved upwardly and thepinchinglever moved to the position shown in Fig. 17 this pinchingfeeding-finger 50 is vibrated so as to contact the lower wall of theprojecting arm 49, grasp the paper between it, move it upwardly, andprovide the necessary amount of paper to permit the forcing of the candycube, with the paper, into engagement with one of the holding-pocketsand permit the movement of the head one si "33in its rotation, as shownparticularly in Fig, 18.

To provide means for forcing tipe candy cube into contact with the paperandinto its proper holding-pocket, a plunger 52-is provided andslidingly mounted upon a back plate 53, having guides 54, all secured tothe front face of the vertical portion of the angleplate. A bracket 55is provided and secured by its feet portions to the guides 54, for whichit acts as caps. To give this plunger its vertical reciprocating motion,an eccentric 56 is provided, having its rod 57 connected to or pivotallyengaging with a strap 58, located in the upper end of such plunger. Thiseccentric is secured to the main shaft of the machine, as shownparticularly in Figs. 1 and 5, so that as such shaft is rotated theplunger is raised and lowered and during its lower action forces, asshown in Fig. 17,-the candy cube into contact with the paper and both ofsuch articles into engagement with the proper holding mechanism.

It is desirable to provide means .for sizing the cube of candy before itpasses into engagement with the paper. To accomplish this,a pair ofsizing-levers 59 is provided, having inwardly projecting portions attheir lower end and pivotally secured to the back plate 53 at theirupper ends and held at their inner limit of motion by means of ahelical" spring 60. As the candy is forced downwardly by means of theplunger it is passed between the lower inwardly-projecting portions ofthe sizinglevers, which are moved outwardly until their heels contactthe brackets cc and their motion stopped, so that as the candy is forcedthrough it is compressed to the desired size. I

When the rotatable holding-head has been moved one. step in itsrotation, it is desirable to provide means for cutting the strip ofpaper at the desired point. To accomplish this, a cutter is providedhaving one fixed cuttingblade 160 secured toa sliding block v61, in-

turn slidingly mounted in a slotted bracket 62, whichis rigidly securedto the base of the angle-plate. A second cutting-blade 63 is providedand pivotally mounted on the sliding block, so that both of such blades,as shown particularly in Fig. 18, resemble a pair of shears, between thejaws of which the paper is passed. The sliding block is provided with apivotal operating-dog 64, having a pin portion engaging with a notch inthe pivotal cutting-blade, as shown particularly in Figs. 13 and 14:, sothat as the block is moved forwardly such dog is brought into contactwith a stop 65 and released from its engagement with the pivoted bladeto permita bent metal spring 66 to operate the blade and cut the paperat the desired time. When the sliding block is moved backwardly at theproper time, the dog is brought into contact with the stop-pin 67,secured to the standards of the machine, and as the sliding blockcontinues its backward motion the dog is again forced into the notch ofthe pivotal blade and against the tension of the spring to permit it tobe released and perform its cutting action again and at the proper time.To impart the proper motion to this sliding block and its cuttingblade,the intermediate lever above described is bifurcated at its lower end,as shown at 68 in Fig. 14, to permit a screw-stud 69 on the slidingblock to be brought into engagement therewith. It will thus be seen thatas motion is imparted to this intermediate vibratable lever by the cama, above described, the paper is cut at the desired time or times.

The forcing of the candy cube and strip of paper into its holding-blockand the cutting of the strip of paper above described leaves the packagein the position shown in Fig. 19, and thus completes the first foldingor wrapping of the paper around the candy cube. It is now desirable thatmeans for the next folding of the paper be provided, as shown in Fig.20. In order to accomplish this, a rock shaft 70 is provided and mountedin the lower C-shaped portion of the bracket 55, as shown particularlyin Fig. 7. This rock-.shaft is provided with a flexible lever 71,preferably formed of hard rubber, having a roller 72 on the free endthereof, so that as the lever is vibrated in one direction, as shown inFig. 20, it contacts the rear projecting piece of paper and forces itdownwardly into engagement with the candy cube. This motion is given tothe rock-shaft by means of a projecting arm 73, which is mounted on themain shaft, so as to engage with a projecting arm 74 upon therock-shaft, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7.

To provide for the third folding of the paper, (see Figs. 7 and 21,) arelatively immovable finger 75 is provided at the upper end of a lever76, which is pivoted upon a stud 77 upon the standards of the machine,as shown in Fig. 7. This lever is held against movement by means of alink 78, which is pivoted to the lower end thereof and has itsbifurcated end in looking engagement with a stud 79 upon the standard ofthe machine, so

that the lever with its folding-finger can be moved outwardly wheneverit is necessary to clean or repair the same. The parts are soconstructed and arranged, as will be seen from an inspection of Figs. 7,20, and 21, that when the rotatable head is given the second step in itsrotation this relatively immovable folding-finger strikes the frontupwardly-projecting piece of paper and folds it over upon the secondfold, as shown particularly in Fig. 1.

hen the second and third foldings have been provided for, it isnecessary to provide for the next or fourth folding of the paper. Toaccomplish this result, a pair of foldingfingers S0 is provided andpivotally secured to the upper portion of an L -shaped lever 81, (seeFig. 10,) so that as this lever is moved inwardly toward the rotatablehead the forward ends of these folding-fingers are brought intoengagement with the forward portion of the extending free ends of thepaper (see Fig. 23) to fold such portions inwardly. When they haveperformed their function, as shown in Fig. 23, inwardly-projecting camportions 82 upon such levers contact a rearwardly-projecting lug 83 uponthe relatively immovable lever 76. A further movement of the L- shapedlever in a forward direction forces the forward ends of thefolding-fingers outwardly against the tension of a coiled spring Sat andout of contact with the paper.

The fourth folding having been provided for, it is necessary to providefor the fifth folding. In order to accomplish this, a pair ofinwardly-projecting immovable fingers 85 is provided, secured to theL-shaped lever, as shown particularly in Figs. 12 and 2 1-, so that whensuch lever is moved to its inward limit of motion these fixed fingersare brought into the position shown in Fig. 24: to contact the upperends of the strip of paper, fold such ends downwardly, and hold them insuch position until the rotatable head is again moved and the nextfolding accomplished.

To provide for the sixth folding, the immovable lever 76 is providedwith inwardlyprojecting side plates 86, that span the outer peripheraledges of the rotatable head in such manner as to fold theendwise-projecting portion of the paper flat against the ends of thepackage and in a plane therewith, as shown particularly in Fig. 25, andleave it in position for the seventh and last folding.

To provide for the seventh and final folding, a second pair of pivotalfolding-fingers 87 is provided and pivoted to the frame portion, onwhich a receiving-channel is mounted, as shown particularly in Figs. 26,10, and 11. The forward ends of these folding-fingers are curved andproject inwardly, as shown at 88, and have upwardly-extendinghorn-shaped pieces 89, arranged adjacent to and underneath the paththrough which the bottom of the candy-holders pass, so that as the headis rotated past these upwardly-projecting horn-shaped pieces therearwardly- IIO projecting ends 90 of the candy-package are foldedinwardly and against the bottom of the package, thus completing thepackage, as shown in Fig. 27.

It is now necessary to eject the completed package from engagement withthe holder and into a desired channel, from which it may pass into anydesired receptacle or be taken by the operative for packing. Toaccomplish this result, a pair of L-shaped ejecting-levers 91 isprovided and pivotally secured to a lug .92zupon. asecond standard'93,which in turn is securedtothebed of themachine. These ejecting-fingersare arranged to swing across the face of t the rotatable head or at eachside thereof from the center to the periphery to eject the candy andback into initial position, as shown 'in Fig. 7, to prepare for the nextejection. Tooperate such levers, they are mounted upon a rock-shaft 94,provided with a lever-arm 95, engaged with the vibratable paper-feedinglever by means ofa link 96, as. shown particularly in Fig. 5, so that assuch v-ibratable lever isoperated by the means hereinafter describedthese ejecting-fingers are likewise operated and forced between theforward curved ends of the pivoted levers that perform the last foldingoperation, as shown particularly in Fig. 11, when they contact thecompleted package and force it into the delivery-channe197. The finalfolding-fingers are kept under the desired tension by means of thesprings 98.

Describing the means for imparting motion to the vibratablepaper-feeding lever, an eccentric 99 is provided, having the usual strapand rod 100, which eccentric is mounted upon the main shaft and the endof its rod pivotally connected with the paper-feeding lever, i as shownparticularly in Fig. 5, so that as the main shaft is rotated thenecessary vibrating motion is imparted to the paper-feedf To impart thenecessary motion ing lever. to the L-shaped folding-lever, which, withits movable and fixed fingers,performs the fourth and fifth foldings, anupwardly-extending rod 101 is provided and secured to such lever, asshown particularly in Fig. 5, and its upper end provided with a link102, in turn pivotally engaged with the eccentric-strap of the eccentric56, so that as such eccentricis given its proper motion the aforesaidlever andits operating-fingers are operated, as

hereinabove described.

In order to impart power and motion from the main shaft pz'to thesupporting-shaft 35 and give the rotatable head its step-by-steprotation, one end of the supporting-shaft is provided with what I term aslotted gearplate 103, having a series of slots 104 therein and aplurality of peripheral concavities 105, one located between each pairof slots,

one slot and one concave portion for each pocket in the head. The sameend of the main shaft is provided with a rawhide gear tooth or roll 106,secured to a plate or disk 107, which practically forms a single-toothedpinion, which duringthe potation of the main shaft comes into contactsuccessively with each of the slots in the gear-plate and gives it onestep of its rotation for every rotation of the main shaft. This disk onthe main shaft is also provided with the stop-disk 108,

made of rawhide and secured thereto and provided with a concaveddepression 109 adjacent to the toothed roll, which permits the roll toengage with its proper slot at the desired time; but when it is out ofits other engagement the circular or convex portion. of the stop-diskengages with a concave depression in the gear-plate and prevents therotation of such plate. The 'main shaft is -further provided with adriving-pulley 110, ar-

ranged to be connected with any desired prime mover or with the desiredcounter or main shaft, all of which will be understood by those skilledin the art.

It is desirable to provide means by which the unnecessary vibrations ofthe cutter-bar are-prevented. To accomplish this, a steadying-rod 111 isprovided, (see Fig. 8,) pivotally secured to Lhecut-ter-bar and passedthrough a perforated block 112, pivotally mounted on the verticalportion of the angle- -plate, and interposed between this block and thelower portion of the steadying-rod is a helical spring 113, all actingto prevent unnecessary and small'independent vibrations of thecutting-bar, and thus enable it to better perform its functions.

It is desirable at times to move the vertical shafts and indentedfeed-wheels inwardly or outwardly to obtain the desired grip on thecandy strip. In order to accomplish this result, the brackets 114, inwhich each of these vertical shafts is adjustably mounted, are securedto the vertical portion of the angle-plate by means of the cap-screws115.- One of these brackets, preferably the one to the left, has aprojecting lug havinga threaded bore, in which one end'of a right andleft hand screw 116 is inserted, the. other end of which has threadedengagement with the frame of the machine. This right and left hand screwhas also a plurality of ball arms or levers 117 connected therewith,while a ballnut 118 engages with the threaded portion of such right andleft hand screw adjacent to they projection on the bracket to act as ajam-nut and hold the parts in the desired position. It is desirable alsoto have supplementary means for holding the paper while thepinching-fingers 41 and are changing their positions. To accomplishthis, the paper-guide 39 is provided with a projecting spring 119, asshown particularly in Fig. 12, and passed forwardly and upwardly untilit almost contacts the bed of the angle-plate and yieldingly holds thestrip ofpaper against the same, but permits it to move forward at thedesired time or times.

It is further desirable to keep the'candy down after it has been out.For this pur-

